Budapest Funzine 2022 december

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Gastro Highlights
ENGLISH SECTION 93
Gastro Highlights
BRUNCH: Lara Café
VEGETARIAN: Greenhabit
COCKTAILS: Boutiq’Bar
LIVE MUSIC: Pompás Budapest
Breakfast being the most important meal of the day,
the Party District’s Lara Café ensures that even the
laziest late risers can get their much-needed calories
in, offering a combination of sweet and savoury baked
goods and eggy dishes (from Eggs Benedict to English
breakfast) every day from 8AM to 4PM in a warm
and friendly environment. The menu also features
specialty coffees, smoothies, and freshly squeezed
juices. Are you on a special diet? Worry not, Lara Café
has a variety of gluten-free, vegan, and paleo options,
including cakes, salads, and porridges.
3 1072 Budapest, Akácfa utca 12.
9 fb/LaraCafèBudapest
Located at the Váli street entrance of Buda’s Allee
Shopping Mall, Greenhabit is the place of guilt-free
hedonism, a verdant refuge of exhausted shoppers
where you don’t have to make a compromise between
healthy and fast food. Offering an eye-catching
line-up of vegetarian, vegan, and meat dishes
tailored to your personal preference, Greenhabit’s
protein-packed platters, veggie-heavy bowls, and
crunchy flatbreads are not just good for your body,
they’re also seriously addictive!
3 1117 Budapest, Október huszonharmadika
utca 8-10. 9 fb/greenhabit.xy
One of the first and most popular cocktail bars in
the city is Paulay Ede Street’s small yet prestigious
Boutiq’Bar. Established in 2008, the pioneering
venue was named as one of the world’s 50 best bars
in 2012 by the London-based Drink International
magazine, described as Budapest’s cocktail Mecca.
Whether you’d like to go for canonical classics
like the Hanky Panky, the Vesper Martini, and the
Flying Dutchman, or sip on new-fashioned drinks
made from seasonal ingredients, the one-of-akind
Boutiq’Bar is a great choice.
3 1061 Budapest, Paulay Ede utca 5.
9 boutiqbar.com
Born from the collaboration between a doctor,
two lawyers, and an entrepreneur who auctioned
for neighbouring properties, Pompás Budapest
awaits guests with a wide array of amenities, from
yummy bagels and prime pick-me-ups to unique
cocktail creations and the juiciest burgers in the
area. In addition, Pompás (which identifies first and
foremost as a social bar) also functions as a shop
and event space, featuring the products of talented
Hungarian designers, and hosting live jazz concerts
every Wednesday evening from 7 PM.
3 1096 Budapest, Thaly Kálmán utca 52.
9 pompasbudapest.com/en
DAILY MENU: Gettó Gulyás
HOLIDAY FARE: SZÉK Restaurant & Bar
WINE BAR: 0,75 bistro
THIS MONTH’S FAVOURITE: Bubu Bubble Tea
Found on one of the main streets of Budapest’s
Jewish District, Gettó Gulyás offers an unpretentious
selection of classic Hungarian dishes, its
menu focusing on the hearty, meaty side of Magyar
cooking. You’ll find a colourful variety of pörkölts
(stews) here, with veal, chicken, rooster testicles,
beef, deer, catfish, beans and mushrooms as their
primary ingredients, garnished with nokedli dumplings
and the pickles of your choice. In case you’re
on a budget but still would like to get a taste of
authentic Hungarian cooking, their wallet-friendly
daily menus will be right up your alley!
3 1077 Budapest, Wesselényi utca 18.
9 fb/gettogulyas
Neighbouring the once luxurious Paris Department
Store, you’ll find the one and only Transylvanian
gourmet restaurant in Budapest, SZÉK on Andrássy
Avenue. Resembling the flavours and landscape of
beautiful Transylvania, SZÉK strives to introduce the
people of the city the authentic meals of the region,
with a modern twist. In some cases, even the ingredients
come from Transylvania: the Harghita plate, for
example, boasts the most delicious hams, sausages,
and aromatic cheeses of the Székely land. This holiday
season, SZÉK welcomes guests with special offers,
open even on 24, 25, 26, 31 December and 1 January.
3 1061 Budapest, Andrássy út 41.
9 szekrestaurant.hu/english
A favourite hangout spot of Budapest’s secret
wine connoisseur society, the snug and cosy 0,75
bistro is located right in front of St. Stephen’s
Basilica, offering visitors a selection of drinks,
including more than one hundred different wines,
craft beers, whiskies, and a colourful cocktail
assortment. Hungarian origin is preferred both in
terms of the available wines and the main components
of the dishes rolling out from 0,75’s kitchen,
such as the robust wild boar stew, the classic
chicken paprikash, or the heart-warmingly rich
venison soup.
3 1051 Budapest, Szent István tér 6.
9 075bistro.hu
There are now three places in Budapest where
you can get your lips on Asia's most popular drink
specialty, which has been introduced to Hungary
by none other than the Bubu Bubble Tea team.
With 26 different flavours and an abundance of
jelly beans, tapioca and fruit pearls to choose
from, the combinations are seemingly endless!
You can also make your own bubble teas at home,
with ingredients and equipment purchased from
Bubu’s online shop.
3 1052 Budapest, Petőfi Sándor utca 6.
3 1066 Budapest, Teréz körút 38.
3 1117 Budapest, Móricz Zsigmond körtér 16.
9 bubutea.hu